Tag: Vietnam War
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A mural beautifies Edison VFW Post 3117
EDISON – Among the tractor trailers and industrial sites on National Road, there is now a beautiful mural depicting essentially what every military branch stands for: the American flag. The 48-foot by 11-foot mural is painted on the back of the Edison Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3117 building. Artist Nitu Pilania, of Iselin,…
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College student’s mission to preserve military history creates a local museum
A young man’s quest to learn more about his family’s military service has spurred on a small museum featuring military items from World War I to the Afghanistan War. Cranbury resident Adam MacMillan’s interest in the military grew at a young age as he started collecting military items and souvenirs from veterans, family members and…
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College student’s mission to preserve military history creates a local museum
A young man’s quest to learn more about his family’s military service has spurred on a small museum featuring military items from World War I to the Afghanistan War. Cranbury resident Adam MacMillan’s interest in the military grew at a young age as he started collecting military items and souvenirs from veterans, family members and…
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Lawrence Township remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice during Memorial Day ceremony, parade
For Shaun Sexton, who comes from a Gold Star family, Memorial Day is personal. That’s because Sexton’s uncle was killed in action during the Vietnam War on Dec. 3, 1969. He was just 20 years old. Gold Star families are those that lost an immediate family member in the military in the line of duty.…
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POW/MIA vigil ‘welcomes home’ Vietnam vets so they are not forgotten
By Gloria Stravelli Correspondent METUCHEN – In keeping with a 30-year tradition, a group of local military veterans will gather in Veterans Memorial Park for a solemn overnight vigil to remember and honor members of the nation’s armed forces who served in Vietnam and who remain unaccounted for. The 24-hour POW/MIA vigil, hosted locally by…
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Bordentown police sergeant properly memorialized four decades after his passing
The Bordentown Township Police Department performed a ceremonial unveiling of a headstone recently obtained for Sgt. Stanley R. Piechota, who died in 1982 following a valiant battle with cancer. Piechota was one of the original eight members of the Bordentown Township Police Department hired when the department was created in 1972, according to information provided…
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Thomas P. Columbo, Sr.
Thomas P. Columbo, Sr. passed peacefully with the comfort of his family by his side on May 24, 2021. He transitioned home to be with his Savior at the Memorial Hospital Pembroke, Florida, at the age of 72. Preceded by his beloved parents, Agnes (née Gebhardt) and Henry Columbo; and brothers Kenneth and Dennis Columbo…
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50 years after actions in Vietnam, hero medic receives second Silver Star
Vietnam War combat Army medic and Monmouth County resident Bart Fabian has been presented with his second Silver Star medal for actions he took on April 13, 1969. The medal was recently presented to Fabian by U.S Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). Fabian was a resident of Freehold Township from 1990 to 2019, before he moved…
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Monroe teen produces ‘Veterans’ Voices’ documentary for Eagle Scout project
MONROE – Better than what any history book or class could offer, for the past year Theodore “Theo” Blume immersed himself in the eras of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War through firsthand accounts of the people who lived it. His experience has been preserved in an 84-minute documentary “Veterans’ Voices”…